Limited utility of preoperative studies in preparation for colostomy closure

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 338-340

  Pokorny, Richard M ^a   Heniford, Todd ^b   Allen, Jeffrey W ^a   Tuckson, Wayne B ^a   Galandiuk, Susan ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; FLEET ENEMA; GENTAMICIN; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BARIUM SULFATE; COLOSTOMY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032943459     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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